Rye Row Olde Hearth restaurant opening
Credit: Olde Hearth Bread Co.

Orlando restaurant openings & closings:

Fresco Pizzeria, a sister operation to Fresco Cucina Italian in Dr. Phillips, has opened at 527 Main St. in Windermere. Unlike the Dr. Phillips location, they offer 18-inch New York-style pizzas to go, along with a roster of pasta, panini, salads and secondi like grouper al limone and rosemary-garlic lamb chops … Rye Row by Olde Hearth has soft-opened at 1231 N. Orange Ave. in Ivanhoe Village, offering everything from fresh sourdough loaves and croissants to danishes and granola … Japanese-Latin sushi joint Take A Sushi, with its fusion rolls, bowls and specialty sushi, will open a second location in the old Arigato Sushi space at 1560 N. State Road 436 near Howell Branch Road in Winter Park. The original location is at 4725 W. Sand Lake Road near South John Young Parkway …

Look for the long-awaited Eola Food Hall to open in November at 150 E. Central Blvd. downtown. La Coolmena Tex-Mex Birriería and Croissant Gourmet have been announced as tenants, with more to come … Alma Argentina continues its expansion. In addition to the existing Oviedo and Celebration locations and the announced College Park location slated to open this fall, an outpost will also open in the old Kati Roll Wala space at 6982 Lake Nona Blvd. Then Alma Latin Fusion Gastrobar will open later this year in the old World of Beer space at 2385 S. Highway 27 in Clermont … Canadian breakfast and lunch chain Pür & Simple will open an outpost at the new Lake Nona West retail center later this year …

Restaurateur Nick Valenti has opened a second Vivolo Il Gelato location at 153 Sugar Belle Drive at Flamingo Crossings to go along with the original at Disney Springs … Across the road from Simply Capri, Valenti has also opened Flatlands Bar & Grill, featuring cheffy, steak-forward cuisine … Skinny Louie, the Miami-based smashburger op using Black Angus beef, will move into the BurgerFi space in the UCF corridor at 4100 N. Alafaya Trail. This will be the first Skinny Louie outside South Florida and New York City …

Juicy Hot Pot & More has closed its space at 5206 W. Colonial Drive … Earthy Picks Vegan Cafe on Church Street downtown has closed due to “an unexpected internal business matter” … After just 10 months, fast-casual Asian fusion restaurant Bambuu Asian Eatery has closed near UCF at 12250 Strategy Blvd.

Orlando restaurant news & events:

The Moderne and Red Panda Noodle will collaborate on a pop-up at the Mills 50 bar/restaurant Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 6-10 p.m. featuring plenty of noodles, cocktails and a DJ. Visit @themodernebar for more … The Winter Park Institute hosts chef, restaurateur and humanitarian Jose Andres Wednesday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. for a conversation about the experiences that have shaped his life. Tickets start at $25. Visit winterparkinstitute.org for more.

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This article appears in Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 2026.

Orlando restaurant critic. Orlando Weekly restaurant critic since 2006.